Dr. Eimear Geary
Lecturer
English Department II
Gronewaldstraße 2
50931 Cologne
Room: 1.105
Tel.: +49 (0)221/470 4644
Fax: +49 (0)221/470 5045
E-Mail
Office Hours
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Birthplace
- Ireland: Born in Dublin, grew up on the Iveragh Peninsula, Co. Kerry
Teaching interests
- Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Psycholinguistics (with a particular focus on Second Language Acquisition and Learning, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, and Language Attrition)
- Sociolinguistics (in particular language policy, minority and heritage language maintenance, language ideologies, and language and identity)
- Second Language Teaching approaches and methodologies
- English for academic purposes, English language skills and practice
Academic background
- PhD (Linguistics)
Title of dissertation: Second Language Attrition and the case of Irish: An exploration of the Savings Paradigm with respect to lexical item knowledge
University of Cologne - Master of Arts Degree
Major: Linguistics (English Studies)
University of Cologne - TEFL/TESL International Accreditation (graduate program) focusing on theories, methodologies and practice, course materials, intercultural competence, and pedagogical issues
Alpha College, Dublin, Ireland - Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Political Science and Sociology (BSocSc (Hons))
University College Dublin (U.C.D.), Ireland
Professional background
- Since winter semester 2006/07 lecturer at Englisches Seminar II, University of Cologne
- 1996-2006 teaching/lecturing in the area of EFL/ESL. Also responsible for planning and coordinating course focus, content and design for multilingual and culturally diverse learner groups
- Freelance translator and proof-reader (German-English)
Publications
Book
Geary, E. (2022). Second Language Attrition and the Case of Irish: An Exploration of the Savings Paradigm with respect to Lexical Item Knowledge (Inquiries in Language Learning: Forschungen zu Psycholinguistik und Fremdsprachendidaktik 33). Berlin: Peter Lang GmbH.
Articles
Geary, E. (2022). Teaching Theory of Mind to Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Inclusive English as Foreign Language Classroom. In Schick, K.-S. & A. Rohde (eds.), Von integrativem zu inklusivem Englischunterricht. Weiterentwicklung sprachdidaktischer Prinzipien vor dem Hintergrund sonderpädagogischer Förderung (pp. 167-189). Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang.
Geary, E. (2019). Can lost knowledge of a language be retrieved? An investigation of attrition and reactivation of lexical items in the case of the Irish language. In Willems, A., Thiele, S. & J. Kramer (eds.), Schulische Mehrsprachigkeit in traditionell polyglotten Gesellschaften (Romanische Sprachen und ihre Didaktik 67) (pp. 253-269). Stuttgart: Ibidem-Verlag.
Conferences and Workshops
2022
(with Kim Schick) Task-Based Language Teaching and L2 Learning in the Heterogenous Classroom. Talk presented at symposium “The Long and Winding Road – Sprache, Diversität und Englischunterricht”, University of Cologne, May 20, 2022.
2017
Presentation of PhD research at workshop “The selectivity of native language attrition”, University of Edinburgh, October 13-14, 2017.
2016
Kann eine vergessene Sprache reaktiviert werden? Eine Untersuchung ehemaliger Sprecher der irischen Sprache. Talk presented at conference “Schulische Mehrsprachigkeit in traditionell polyglotten Gesellschaften”, University of Cologne, September 12-14, 2016.